2010 Women's British Open

The 2010 Women's British Open was held 29 July to 1 August at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 34th edition of the Women's British Open, and the tenth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

2010 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates29 July – 1 August 2010
LocationSouthport, England
Course(s)Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,458 yards (5,905 m)[1]
Field144 players, 75 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$2,500,000
€1,917,783
Winner's share$408,714
€313,530
Champion
Yani Tseng
277 (−11)
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in England

This was the fifth time the Women's British Open had been held at Royal Birkdale and the second as an LPGA major, previously in 2005. The course had also hosted nine Open Championships, most recently in 2008. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6,458 yards (5,905 m),[1] 715 yards (654 m) shorter than the par-70 set-up for The Open Championship in 2008.

The champion was Yani Tseng of Taiwan at 277 (−11), one stroke ahead of runner-up Katherine Hull of Australia. With the victory, the 21-year-old Tseng became the youngest-ever winner of three major championships.[2]

Course
Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4304103731753384781454133973,1593603521494301634993585164723,2996,458
Par444345344354434354553772

Source:[1]

Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):

  • 2005: 6,463 yards (5,910 m), par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 29 July 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Katherine Hull68−4
Yani Tseng
T3 Anne-Lise Caudal69−3
Brittany Lincicome
Amy Yang
Sun Young Yoo
T7 In-Kyung Kim70−2
Michelle Wie
T9 Stacy Bregman71−1
Juli Inkster
Brittany Lang
Stacy Lewis
Gwladys Nocera
Stacy Prammanasudh
Jiyai Shin

Second round

Friday, 30 July 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Yani Tseng68-68=136−8
T2 Cristie Kerr73-67=140−4
Brittany Lincicome69-71=140
Amy Yang69-71=140
T5 Juli Inkster71-70=141−3
Suzann Pettersen73-68=141
Sun Young Yoo69-72=141
T8 Anne-Lise Caudal69-73=142−2
Katherine Hull68-74=142
M. J. Hur74-68=142
Christina Kim74-68=142
In-Kyung Kim70-72=142
Hee-kyung Seo73-69=142
Jiyai Shin71-71=142
Momoko Ueda72-70=142

Third round

Saturday, 31 July 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Yani Tseng68-68-68=204−12
2 Katherine Hull68-74-66=208−8
3 In-Kyung Kim70-72-68=210−6
4 Brittany Lincicome69-71-71=211−5
T5 Cristie Kerr73-67-72=212−4
Christina Kim74-68-70=212
Suzann Pettersen73-68-71=212
Hee-kyung Seo73-69-70=212
Momoko Ueda72-70-70=212
T10 Na Yeon Choi74-70-69=213−3
Morgan Pressel77-71-65=213

Final round

Sunday, 1 August 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Yani Tseng68-68-68-73=277−11408,714
2 Katherine Hull68-74-66-70=278−10256,209
T3 Na Yeon Choi74-70-69-68=281−7159,825
In-Kyung Kim70-72-68-71=281
T5 Cristie Kerr73-67-72-70=282−6101,670
Hee-kyung Seo73-69-70-70=282
Amy Yang69-71-74-68=282
8 Morgan Pressel77-71-65-71=284−481,753
T9 Christina Kim74-68-70-74=286−261,978
Brittany Lincicome69-71-71-75=286
Ai Miyazato76-70-73-67=286
Inbee Park72-71-77-66=286
Momoko Ueda72-70-70-74=286

Source:[3]

Scorecard
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par444345344443435455
Tseng−12−12−11−12−12−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11
Hull−8−9−10−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References
  1. "2010 Women's British Open – course statistics". LGU.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. "Past Winners". Ricoh Women's British Open. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  3. "Ricoh Women's British Open: 2010 results". LPGA. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

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